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The Structure of DNA and the Risks Inherent in Understanding It

This paper first delineates the molecular structure of DNA and how it replicates itself. The author warns that as our knowledge o...

Assessing Risk in Critical Care

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the problem of infections contracted in the hospital setting and considers the i...

Youthful Computer Hackers

In five pages this paper examines the growing practice of young people hacking into computer systems in a consideration of whether...

Drug Use and Psychosocial Motivations

In ten pages this paper discusses the psychosocial motivations people have for using and abusing drugs. Six sources are cited in ...

Educational Futures in Australia

the other nations of the world. Of all the scenarios discussed, that of continued globalization is the one of greatest impo...

Homeless and Housing

In nine pages homelessness is examined in a problem solving exercise with recommendations regarding the lack of housing too many p...

Popular Culture and Mass Media

In eight pages this paper examines how mass media affects social perceptions regarding products, politics, and people. Five sourc...

Communications Theory and TV Viewers' Habits

In twelve pages this research paper examines television viewing habits and why people watch what they do with various communicatio...

Band Room Descriptive Essay

In seven pages a band room at a school is described in terms of the people waiting for their children to be ready to return home. ...

Courage As a Springboard of Change and Means of Survival

Courage is the focus of this paper consisting of six pages in terms of how it is represented in daily life and how people employ i...

Defining Love

In three pages this paper seeks to define the elusive concept of love, which throughout the course of history has meant and repres...

Spiritual Experience Personal Essay

In two pages the way in which a life event resulted in losing faith is the focus of this personal essay in which the writer descri...

Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning

The writer reviews the book Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning, which is a study of the way in which ordinary people can commit ...

Prejudice, Assimilation and Tolerance

call these people barbarians, in respect to the rules of reason, but not in respect to ourselves, who surpass them in every kind o...

Conspiracy Trial of the Chicago Eight

In eight pages this paper examines the conspiracy trial of the eight people who instigated the riots at the Democratic National Co...

Relating Kant's Works to the Dismissal of Air Traffic Controllers

In six pages this paper discusses President Ronald Reagan's dismissal of air traffic controllers within the context of Kant's phil...

Utilitarianism, Virtue, and Ethics

In six pages this paper considers relatives of people suffering from debilitative diseases such as Alzheimer's and concludes that ...

Handicapped Labeling and Telethons

In six pages this paper considers the social dilemma represented by telethons which although laudably raises money for people with...

Overpopulation and What it Means

Though the focus in environmentalist circles has shifted away from overpopulation, it still remains a problem. This paper examines...

The Rites of Passage Associated with the Tribal Cultures of Africa

In a paper consisting of twelve pages the African young man's rites of passage are examined in the customs of tribal peoples Masai...

History and Future of Egypt

In eight pages Egypt's history is examined in terms of water problems, crops, industries, property holdings, people, and tourism w...

New Guinea's Folk Society and Evolution

In six pages the folk people who inhabit the highlands of New Guinea are the focus of this examination of evolutionary progress an...

African Slave Trade and the Wait That Continues for Racial Equality

In six pages this paper discusses the impact of the African slave trade upon the African people who still continue to wait for rac...

How Restaurants Make Your Reputation

a celeb, you are still "hip," "young," and "with-it." (Espiritu PG). The Hard Rock Cafe just finished celebrating 25 years ...

Death as Treated by the 19th Century Tlingit Culture

Ravens and Eagles (which he states are known as Wolves in some localities). Emmons (21) identifies a third moiety among the Sanya...

The Trobriand Islanders and Their Culture

Rain falls throughout the year with the northwest monsoon active from December to march and the moisture-laden southeast trade-win...

Marriage Customs of Africa

In a research paper that consists of five pages different marriage customs of Lobola such as laws and bridewealth are explored wit...

African American Reparation Argument

In six pages this research paper discusses the necessity of African American reparations as a result of 250 years of enslavement a...

The Rights and Wrongs of Censorship

In a paper consisting of five pages art censorship is discussed in terms of its rights and wrongs along with the conformity of man...

The History and Uses of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine

This 8 page paper gives the history behind traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and its use in today's society. The writer argues ...